Transcript for Contradictory accounts given in Gwyneth Paltrow ski accident trial
WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY,
CONTRIBUTING 14% ALL
ELECTRICITY IN THE U.S. LAST
YEAR.
>> WELL, TENSIONS ARE ALSO
RUNNING HIGH IN COURT FOR
GWYNETH PALTROW AND THAT SKI
ACCIDENT TRIAL.
SHE'S INVOLVED WITH PALTROW
AND HER ACCUSER,
TERRY ANDERSON, HAVE NOW TAKEN
THE STAND, BOTH TELLING VERY
DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT
THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION.
TODAY, THE COURT WILL HEAR FROM
AN EXPERT IN THE BIOMECHANICS
OF SKIING AS WE WAIT TO SEE IF
PALTROW WILL ACTUALLY TESTIFY
AGAIN, ABC NEWS LEGAL
CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY SEAN ALLOYED
JOINING ME NOW.
SO, SHANNA, AT THIS POINT SEEMS
LIKE A BATTLE OF THE EXPERTS.
ABSOLUTELY.
HERE WE HAVE THE EXPERTS FROM
THE PLAINTIFF'S SIDE, EXPERTS
FROM THE DEFENSE SIDE,
AND THEY'RE EACH GOING
TO TESTIFY TO THE THINGS THAT
THEY BELIEVE, A TRIBUTE
TO THEIR VERSION OF WHAT
HAPPENED THAT DAY AND HOW IT'S
SUPPORTED THROUGH SCIENCE
AND MATH.
>> SO YESTERDAY, WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT SANDERSON AND PALTROW
WERE ACTUALLY IN THE COURTROOM
TOGETHER FOR THE WHOLE DAY.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF BOTH OF
THEIR TESTIMONIES AND DID
ANYTHING STAND OUT TO YOU?
>> WELL, WHEN WE LISTEN TO EACH
OF THE TESTIMONIES, EACH OF
THEM REALLY TRIED TO CONVEY
WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR OPINION.
THAT PARTICULAR DAY, GWENETH
TOOK THE STAND.
SHE WAS VERY CLEAR , CONCISE.
SHE WENT OVER THE SAME POINTS.
SHE DIDN'T ALLOW THE PLAINTIFF
ATTORNEY TO RUFFLE HER IN ANY
WAY, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE WANT A JURY TO SEE
A VERY CALM, COOL, COLLECTED
WITNESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
SANDERSONS TESTIMONY, WE SAW
HIM BE MOMENTS WHERE HE
DISPLAYED THE SIGNS OF THESE
SORT OF EFFECTS OF THIS
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THAT HE
CLAIMS HE'S SUFFERING FROM.
HE RECOUNTED A DISTRESS THAT HE
FELT, HOW HE FELT THREATENED.
SO HE GOT HIS POINTS ACROSS IN
THE TESTIMONY TO THE JURY
BECAUSE EACH SIDE WANTS TO BE
SURE TO CONNECT WITH THE JURY
AND THEY WANT TO COME ACROSS
AS BELIEVABLE.
SO THIS MAN, SANDERSON,
IS ASKING FOR THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS CLAIM WAS OUT
OF CONTROL, SKIING CAUSED
FOUR BROKEN RIBS, PAIN
SUFFERING, PERMANENT TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY.
PALTROW IS COUNTERSUING FOR
ONE DOLLAR.
CLEARLY, THAT ONE DOLLAR
IS SYMBOLIC HERE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REAL COURT
CASE, BUT IS THIS NECESSARY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT SANDERSON WAS SEEKING
ORIGINALLY WERE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
BUT THE JUDGE STRUCK DOWN
THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHICH
BROUGHT HIS RECOVERY VALUE DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHAT HE'S LOOKING TO RECOVER
ARE WHAT HE CONSIDERS HIS PAIN
AND SUFFERING FOR HER ACTS.
HE'S ALSO LOOKING TO GET
BACK HIS MEDICAL BILLS AND BE
REIMBURSED FOR THOSE COSTS THAT
HE BELIEVES ARE ATTRIBUTED
DIRECTLY TO THE ACCIDENT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT MISS
PALTROW IS TRYING TO RETRIEVE,
SHE'S DOING THE DOLLAR IN
A SYMBOLIC ACT TO SAY THIS
IS MORE ABOUT REPUTATION THAN
IT IS FINANCIAL GAIN.
>> IN HER PARTICULAR INSTANCE,
DO YOU I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE?
LOOK, WE COVER THESE COURT
CASES.
MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF, YOU
KNOW, THE SUPERSTARS WITHIN
THEM.
RIGHT.
IS THIS SOMETHING I MEAN,
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THIS IS GETTING SO MUCH
COVERAGE AND IS THERE SOMETHING
THAT WE ALL CAN LEARN FROM THIS
?
OR IS THIS CLEARLY ALL
ATTENTION ON THE MOVIE?
STAR HERE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOK AT A CASE
LIKE THIS, THIS IS A SKIING
ACCIDENT.
IT'S A HE SAID SHE SAID THIS
IS NOT THE TYPE OF LEGAL CASE
THAT NORMALLY IS GOING
TO GARNISH ANY SORT OF SECOND
LOOK FROM THE LEGAL COMMUNITY.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A TRIAL
THAT'S RECEIVING THIS LEVEL OF
ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE IS A
CELEBRITY.
AND SO SHE'S GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT
THIS CASE HAS DRAGGED ON SO
LONG.
AND IT'S SHE IS ONE OF
THE PERSONS WHO ARE OF
INTEREST.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE
GARNISHING THE ATTENTION IN
THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER IMAGE
AND THE LARGER PICTURE IS ,
IS THAT LEGALLY WE ARE ALL
RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTS.
AND SO WE DO HAVE TO ABIDE
BY CERTAIN IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE, THE SKIING'S CODE,
BECAUSE YOU CAN BE FOUND
NEGLIGENT IF YOU ARE NOT
ABIDING BY THESE TYPES OF
STATUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> STAY TUNED.
SHELLY L
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